The Kentucky Rifle. A Study of the Origin and Development of a Purely American Type of Firearm, Together with Accurate Historical Data Concerning Early Colonial Gunsmiths, and Profusely Illustrated with Photographic Reproduction of Their Finest Work

Washington, DC: National Rifle Association, 1924. Hardbound. Blue cloth with simple title. viii, 124 pp. with 126 bw plates and some line engravings, 6-page index at rear. VG, white tape at base of spine (could be removed with hair dryer), bookplate, a solid clean copy. Item #134886

An authoritative and exhaustive study, the first of it's kind. 20 chapters detail the history, construction, accessories and lore of the Kentuckt Rifle. Rare in the first edition, first printing of which this must surely be, as there are also 1924 printings claiming this pagination: x, 133 plus 6 page reference index. Chapters include: Foreword; 1. The Name Kentucky; 2. The Evolution of the American Rifle; 3. The Kentucky and Game; 4. The Rifle That was Needed; 5. Where and by Whom the Kentucky Rifle was Made; 6. Materials Used; 7. Characteristics of the Early Rifle; 8. Flintlock Barrels; 9. Who Rifled the Rifles; 10. The Pioneer and his Rifle; 11. Triggers and Sights of Flintlock Days; 12. Powder, Bullets, Velocities and Penetration; 13. The Flintlock as a Practical Arm; 14. The Rifle in the Revolution; 15. Powder Horns and Game Bags; 16. The Rifle and the Redskin; 17. Idenfitication of Kentucky Rifles; 18. Spurious Kentuckys and Forgeries; 19. Reconditioning Flintlocks; 20. The Passing of the Kentucky Rifle.

Price: $250.00

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